A dump truck driver who crashed his vehicle through the front security gate at the FBI building on the South Side is believed to have done it intentionally, a supervisory special agent said Tuesday.

A dump truck driver who crashed his vehicle through the front security gate at the FBI building on the South Side is believed to have done it intentionally, a supervisory special agent said Tuesday.

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Updated: 1:30 PM EDT Jul 26, 2016

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WEBVTT RESPOND TO THE PROBLEM AS FAST AS POSSIBLE. >> BREAKING NEWS RIGHT NOW, A DUMP TRUCK CRASHING THROUGH THE GATE OF THE FBI BUILDING ON PITTSBURGH'S SOUTH SIDE. GOOD AFTERNOON, I'M BOFTA JIM MA'AM. -- YIMAM. WE WANT TO GET RIGHT TO THE SCENE, WHAT HAPPENED HERE. BOB: SOMEONE DELIBERATELY RAMMED THE GATES OF THE FBI, AND THE ONLY PERSON HURT THE PERSON RAMMED HIS DUMP TRUCK IN. LET'S WALK THROUGH FROM MOMENTS ABOUT OF THIS HAPPENED. THIS DRIVER WHO RAMMED THROUGH THE GATE AT THE FBI PITTSBURGH OFFICE. WHAT WAS HE DOING BEFORE HE DID THIS THAT GOT THE ATTENTION OF POLICE? >> WHAT WE KNOW, HE WAS APPARENTLY DRIVING ERRATICALLY, HE RAN A COUPLE OF RED LIGHTS AND POSSIBLY A STOP SIGN. PITTSBURGH POLICE ATTEMPT TODAY INITIATE A TRAFFIC STOP AND HE FAILED TO STOP IMMEDIATELY. THEY PULLED HIM OVER CLOSE TO THE SOUTH SIDE AND THERE WAS A BRIEF EXCHANGE WITH THE OFFICER AND HE INDICATED TO THE OFFICER WHO WAS SPEAKING WITH HIM. HE WAS INTENDING TO RAM THE GATE AND HE DID JUST THAT. PUT HIS TRUCK BACK INTO GEAR AND TOOK OFF AND WENT THROUGH THE GATE HERE AT OUR HEADQUARTERS BUILDING. >> AS WE'RE TALKING AND LOOKING AT THE GATE DIRECTLY BEHIND US, THERE'S SOMEONE WHO STAFFS THAT GATE AND THE PERSON STAFFING THE GATE WAS HE HURT? >> NO OTHER FBI EMPLOYEES OR LAW ENFORCEMENT, NOBODY WAS INJURED OTHER THAN THE DRIVER OF THE VEHICLE WHO I UNDERSTAND HAS SUSTAINED MINOR INJURIES. HE DID GO AIRBORNE AFTER HE WENT OVER THE VEHICLE BIR A -- BARRIER AND HE WAS APPREHENDED SHORTLY THEREAFTER. >> WHY WOULD HE HAVE DONE THIS? WE'VE IDENTIFIED HIM. THE VEHICLE WAS REGISTERED IN OHIO. WE DON'T KNOW MUCH ABOUT HIM AT THIS POINT. WE ARE GOING TO TAKE A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION, WHAT THE MOTIVATION WAS TO RAM OUR GATE HERE. PUT IT THIS POINT. WE'LL WORK CLOSELY WITH THE CITY OF PITTSBURGH, BUREAU POLICE TO GET TO THE BOTTOM OF IT. THANKS FOR SPEAKING WITH US. SO JUST RECAPPING AND WE'LL BE BACK WITH MORE INFORMATION ON THIS. A MAN FOR WHATEVER REASON RAMMED THE GATE OF THE FBI HEADQUARTERS, HE'S THE ONLY ONE HURT. NO ONE FROM THE FBI WAS HURT. THE CONTINUING INVESTIGATION AND PITTSBURGH POLICE FOUND NO